Outback Raceway once again hosted the 2nd Annual Outback Off Road Electric Shootout. The event was ran on the super high bite indoor Outback Raceway track. With over 110 entries spread out amongst 7 classes, it made for a competitive weekend. Amongst other top racers, JConcepts drivers Eric Albano and Aaron Biner were on hand [...]
I am a big time fan of solid axle monster trucks and can remember seeing a lot of them in the pages of RC Car Action back in the day. Most of them were based on the Tamiya Clodbuster and they showed up in many different configurations. The race trucks were always my favorite and [...]
In just over one week, the greatest electric offroad racers descend on West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, CA to compete for the title of Reedy Race champion. As the hype continues to build, so do questions about the format & scheduling. Below is a list of updates pertaining to the facility, layout, tires [...]
This past weekend was the Colonel’s Winter Classic at SCORE in Savannah, GA. The race was a one day event with 90 entries. The weather was cold and wet leading up to the race, so the track was bumpy and slick. Travis Dupree was driving his Nitrotec/Nitrotane powered, Team Losi Racing 8IGHT 2.0. Dupree was [...]
Using Terra-Flo standards Outerwears is announcing the availability of the chassis shroud for the Traxxas E-Revo and E-Revo Brushless. Outerwears has designed a way for you to protect your Revo from dirt, debris, and water while allowing amazing air flow that Outerwears is known for, and allowing for different aftermarket electronic set ups. We believe [...]
1/5th scale, meet the future. The HPI Baja 5B and 5T have a cult following; devotees worship speed and power, awesome off‐road action and long run times. The rest of the RC car world has been able to take advantage of the quiet, instant torque and insane speeds only electric power systems can supply. Now [...]
It’s time for 1/5th scale buggies, trucks and on road cars to experience the incredible torque and speed of Castle electric drive. The new Mamba XL is the only controller on the market able to handle the loads required to power these surprisingly heavy vehicles to insane speeds. We can prove it too, as the [...]
This past weekend (Jan. 15-16, 2011) Ty Tessmann was at the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series Race #2 in Lethbridge, Alberta. The first round of qualifying went to Wayne Mah of Xray, but in the 2nd round Ty upped the stakes to qualify 6 seconds faster, and setting the tone for the weekend. After the [...]
